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Show UP OFFICIALS VISITJSLT LAKE Sch lacks) Ridgway, Hughes and Yaile, of Denver & Rio Grande, Are Here. NOT MUCH WORRIED OVER PRESENT LABOR TROUBLES Members of the Party Discuss in General Conditions Affecting Af-fecting Railroads. Vice-President C. IT. Scblacks, General. Gen-eral. Manager A. C. Ridgway, General Traffic Manager A. S. Hughes and Joel V. Vailo, chief counsel for the Denver & Rio Grande, arrived in - Salt Lake City Into Mouduy evening over the Denver & Rio Grande in thoir special cars, the "Denver" and tho "A." Their visit to Salt Lake Citj; is onlv in connection with routino bn3iness. AH members of the party except Mr. Ridgway Ridg-way returned to Denver Vredncsday morning. The representatives of t.hc Gould system sys-tem who wore in the city Tucstt'uy t.ake an optimistic view of the labor troubles which are now before the company. Yiee-President Schlacks declared that tho shops along the system between Denver and Salt Lake "are amply supplied sup-plied with help, the difficult- being, if an-, that the company has no more work for applicants. Tt was staled lhat this help was well trained and capable ca-pable of doing tho work required. All trains on the 83'stcm are running as regularly at. ihe present time .as they were before the strike. No Decrease in Wages. So far as the representatives of the company appeared to be concerned Tuesday, labor troubles were uot of so much vital importance ,as they have been in the pasT. President Schlacks staled that there had been no reduction reduc-tion of wages in the shops, the only different feature being that already noted not-ed in the matter of signing contracts between the men and tho company. No contracts are now signed. Tn the future, there will be no more retrenchment on the system, and though it cannot now be declared that there will be expansion and development along the line, hope to this end was extended by the oDicials of the system. Xo date has been set when work shall begin on the new depot which has long been planned by the company and for which a site already has been secured aud pnrtiallv graded at tho cornor of Second SoutFi and Fourth West. It was suggested that the projection of the depot might havo been the cnuso of the visit to Salt. Lake City at this time, but none of the officials seemed anxious to discuss this possible phase. All members of the party expressed interest in the recent action of the Federal Fed-eral court in suspending the injunction against, the United States Smelting and Refining company, noting that it would mean the openinf up of properties all along their system in tho State. Not Yet Normal. General Traffic Manager Hughps stated stat-ed that the business of the company had not 3'ct returned to tho normal condition condi-tion it was a year ago. Business is not as good as might be expected at this time of the year, marking the close of winter and the beginning of summer. The earnings ot the company have, fallen fall-en off about eighteen or twenty per cent sinco tho financial stringency of last year. This also seems to be the drop which has occurred in other lines of business with which Ihe railroad officials offi-cials rccentlj- have como in contact. All members of tho party bring encouraging en-couraging news from Denver. Affairs aro brightening in the Colorado capital and the city shows little effect of the recent financial stringency. Prospects of the Democratic convention in the fall appoar to be having a buoying effect on business. As to what would occur at the convention, no member of the party ventured to state, declaring that they were railroading and uot in politics. |